Blocks can be used to spell...cars can slide back and forth. another suggestion was since the material used is soft, when added to the back of the chair, it can be used as slight cushion. 
The proposed solution would improve the emotional attachment of the user to the chair by allowing the child to interact with it throughout the lifespan of the chair. Even after the toddler grows out of it, it would have sentimental value, since it helped the kid learn how to spell. Shapes made of polyeurathane foam - safe and lightweight material for toddlers.Design Process Reflection
- Designing beyong the original product would increase the lifespan of a product, because people easily get bored of a product, or it doesnt fulfil the needs of the user as well as it used to. By adding parts to the oringinal product, usually less material would be used in comparison to buying a brand new product. In turn, shrinking the users ecofootprint.
- This collaborative problem solving activity was more interesting than designing by ourselves, because everyones different perspective and outlooks was collaborated to create something quite awesome. Also, in the real world, designers usually work in teams, so this is more applicable, and we need more getting used to team work. One person's ideas can trigger another to branch of and have more ideas.
- If i were to design a piece of furniture from scratch, I would find the problems associated with current furniture designs, in order to improve the design, and apply the 4 p's. Or maybe I would just draw and draw and draw and draw. Or if i had time, i would dig up lance's materials from last semester, and apply everything that we learnt from that class, brainstorming, peeves, product comparisons, etc etc etc.
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Oooh, awesome! So was the exercise to design a chair? I like that your chair is educational, too - but then the target market is quite specific. Or is it detachable? Anyway, I like it, esp. the fact that you have an emotional attachment with the object (I still have my timber bedhead from when I was little because I used my nails to engrave words/noughts and crosses into it).
yeah those blue pieces are detachable, but em separately. i think that its whut they are looking for, the way u engrave, except that it might be dangerous if we promote them using their nails....unless they have claws
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